Quintini: Products competing solely on lower cost are unsustainable
Renata Quintini · 20VC: The 7 Requirements For Startup Scaling, Why VCs Must Approach Every Conversation with A Yes Mentality & Why We Will See The Humanisation of Technology with Renata Quintini, Partner @ Lux Capital · Aug 9, 2017 · at 26:00
Renata Quintini, Partner at Lux Capital, discusses her criteria for what makes a startup worth building.
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“Things that exist because they're just cheaper for cheap sake and don't make anybody better off. I don't think it's sustainable.”
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